Images Dated 2007 May

V Shop, 1943

Female worker drilling crown plate of boiler firebox. During World War 2 female staff were employed at Swindon Works to replace the men who had been enlisted

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Boiler, Fire Box, Swindon, Ww 2

No 4573 Prairie Tank Locomotive at Chipping Norton Station, 1960

A view of Chipping Norton station in Oxfordshire, taken in 1960, showing the station buildings and the 2-6-2 45XX class locomotive, built 1924.
The station opened in 1855 and closed in December 1962

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1960, 1960s, 2 6 2 Oxfordshire, 45xx, Chipping Norton, Prairie, Station, Station Building, Tank

X Shop, Points and Crossings Shop, c1950

This image shows the assembly of a crossing; a piece of track that enabled a train to switch lines. The men in the centre of the image are using tools to attach and tighten track chairs to form the crossing

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Crossing, Point, Swindon, Swindon Works, Track, X Shop